The Blackberry Walk

Haruhi is without a doubt the spirit of the newtype. She embodies the central ideas of being free to explore one's own passions without being dragged by the rapids of popular opinion. She looks within herself to find what she wants to do instead of gazing out to the world to find inspiration. Haruhi doesn't rely on society to decide her morals for her; she organically produces them herself - a true ubermensch. She doesn't care if she starts changing her clothes in front of others - fear of being seen nude is an outdated puritanical moral from yonder year! Haruhi doesn't need to consume other's content since she is a nursery of ideas. Truly the radiant sun god. So what is the psychology behind the newtype - how can that state of consciousness be fully realised? Man's greatest invention - the one which made us man - is the idea of Theory of Mind. Once upon a time, man was god... or rather our ape ancestors were. However due to the receding hairline of the rainforests, that ape was forced to descend from the trees. The Austrolopithicines were in a bind - how were these apes who swung from trees and ate leaves all day supposed to survive in this vast savannah? They had to cooperate. When foes approached, the primitive apes threw rocks in concert at the foe with incicive accuracy, killing predators and prey. In order to do this, however, the selfish chimps had to develop a sense of teamwork and caring... and so theory of mind was born - the ability to recognise that other people know things which you don't. Man ate from the tree of knowledge. Man is no longer god since man is no longer all knowing. The invention of theory of mind enabled many selfish individuals to cooperate. This cooperation enabled us to create small bands to vast societies, superorganisms far more powerful than the individual, holding the threat of ostracisation and weakness. If a primitive man was being an asshole, he would be ostracised from the band and left for dead on the vast savannah - hence leading to modern man's fear of being left out. The invention of capitalism, however, enables man to operate in the world without as much worry of ostracisation. Of course there are laws to follow, but you won't be killed in your sleep for not cooperating with you band of hunter-gatherers. With the dawn of the internet, man is becoming more interconnected but the consequences of a social faux-pas are diminishing. The complexity of real life person to person social interaction, wherein body language and tone of voice are paramount, grew our brains exponentially in order to notice the smallest details of whether or not we were fucking up, yet this skill is an underused muscle in the modern day. Online interaction and general hikkidom require these abilities far less. For the oldtypes who can't cope with this change, their mental apparatus of self-consciousness is being exalted. As a kind of theory of mind of oneself, self-consciousness is one of our most complex and high level mental processes. Self-consciousness is the inner voice that constantly criticises which tells us how to conform to society so we aren't ostracised. For many, this power overtakes their mind - they believe their ego/self-consciousness, the image of what you believe a person in society should look like, is themselves. THAT IS NOT THE CASE. The newtype judges for themselves what is right or wrong. They don't act as part of the herd, nor against society in rebellion. The newtype looks within to find themselves and acts authentically. Haruhi is god. She is the purely manifested newtype. Self-consciousness, this phoney impression of oneself, is unknown to her. Her every action is the artistic expression of soul without the restrictive ego to remind her that what she is doing is going against societies norms. That is the pure, unbridled energy of the soul. But like Kyon, we are all just ordinary men, picked by the spirit of the newtype.